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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
5
The Lions Club heard a comprehensive Carroll Tatum report on Winters School operations and student achievement. National and Iowa test results show Winters seniors outpacing national norms, with room for continued growth despite praises of progress.
Loraine Shores is among Howard Payne College graduates, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Speech with teaching certification in English and Reading. She appears on the President's List for the fall semester, maintaining a 3.0 average with no grade below an A.
Peewee basketball tournament for girls and boys will be held in the Wingate School gymnasium Thursday through Saturday. Schools competing include Talpa Miles Bronte Novice Fairview and Wingate. First game starts at 5 30 p m Thursday with playoffs at 9 p m Saturday. Concession open Thursday and Friday evenings. Lunchroom serves sandwiches and drinks Saturday.
A color sound film of a Julius Botos versus Sam Sneed golf match will be shown at Winters Country Club annual meeting. The event includes a financial report and the election of four new directors for two years. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m in the clubhouse on February 13.
Win ters' Mayor Wade White calls a city election in April to fill three alderman vacancies. Incumbents Homer Hodge Ray Alderman and Bill Bean near term ends, with two-year and four-year terms noted. Filing deadline is 30 days before election. City Council also approves bids to lease City Lake land for livestock grazing.
The Winters FFA team claimed top honors in the Best 15 Medium Wool or Crossbred Lamb class at the Junior Show during the 72nd Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. The competition drew more than 10 000 entries overall.
The Winters Lions Club expresses gratitude for the large turnout at its annual chili supper held several days ago. Proceeds will fund eyeglasses for underprivileged children, support the Lions Crippled Children’s Camp at Kerrville, and other community services.
Jackie Richards was elected president of the Winters Riding Club during the first regular meeting of the new year at Huffman House. Elected with her were J. W. Aley as vice president and Mrs. Deloris Parks as secretary treasurer. Parks was named queen and Aley as alternate queen.
Jerry Sudduth of Winters made the Lamar Tech Dean's List for the fall semester in Beaumont. He majors in engineering and works in the field while studying. A 1965 Winters High School graduate.
The Winters March of Dimes drive raised 1808.13, surpassing the 1500.00 goal. MOD chair Mrs. David Dobbins led volunteers including Mrs. Ted Meyer and Jimmy Vaughan in events such as ticket sales, mailed donations, church and school activities, balloon sales and more.
Winters residents gained direct dialing access Sunday with Expanded Direct Distance Dialing enabling station-to-station and person-to-person calls. Mayor Wade White and city officials previewed the new central office at 208 North Main Street and tested calls to Halbert Woodward as a demonstration, with access codes 112 and 110 for different call types.
The Winters Chamber of Commerce announced standing committees with members across Retail Trade, Industrial, Agricultural, Streets and Highways, Government Affairs, Civic and Public Affairs, Housing, Membership, Budget and Finance, Athletic and Sports, Water Conservation, Publicity, and Tourism. Key figures include Frances Campbell, James Spill, Preston Barker, Robert Fenton, Wayne Bedford, E Z Moore, Dale Whitecotton, Mrs. Earl Roach, J W Bahlman, and Rankin Pace among others. Special committees will be formed for specific projects throughout the year.
The Winters Public Library fund now exceeds 1500 dollars with donations from Diversity Club 20 dollars James Glenn 15 dollars Nelan Bahlman 15 dollars Gattis 25 dollars Earl Dorsett 500 dollars and others. Residents may mail checks to Noel Reid at Winters State Bank. About 200 books are read weekly and the library serves adults and children with 175 family memberships totaling 696 individuals including 400 children and young people and over 200 adults. Miss Myra Glover notes summer reading increases and steady visits year round.
Congressman Omar Burleson of the 17th Texas District told a crowd at Huffman House in Winters that Congress has not reflected local sentiment but signaled possible restraint on spending. He warned of an eight to ten percent surcharge tied to expenditure cuts while urging order and decisive action in Vietnam. District staffers Walter Grubbs and Dale King joined him.
February designated Heart Month by President Johnson and a county drive now begins. Mrs. W L Collins chairs North Runnels with co-chairs Joe Stevens and John Gardner, assisted by M M Dillard, while Wingate and Pumphrey areas pick Mrs. W W Wheat and Mrs. N L Faubion as coordinators. The Sub Deb Club led by Theresa Meyer plans a balloon blockade on February 10 in Winters, and Mrs. Joe Stevens leads the house to house canvass later in the month. Mrs. Don Marks oversees a Veterans of Foreign Wars project with proceeds aiding the Heart Fund.
Beverly Foster, a Winters High School senior, was elected Glacier Queen in the 1968 Glacier yearbook section. Miss Foster is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Foster and will be honored in the yearbook.
A fragment notes Reverend Bruce and Mrs. Oliver in Brazil, with sparse context and unclear dates or events. Further readable details are unavailable in the text.
Brownwood resident Bert Massey announced his filing for the Texas State Representative seat with C. N. Mansell, Democratic chairman of Runnels County. A UT Austin alumnus and Brownwood High School graduate active in campus and civic groups, Massey frames the Legislature as a board overseeing a multi billion dollar enterprise.
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